Estee Grows With Smashbox Acquisition

Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder is continuing with a growth-by-acquisiton model, given its latest move to buy Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics.  The financial terms of the deal—which is expected to close in July—were not disclosed. The deal, which is pending regulatory approval, is part of Estee’s plan to garner a bigger audience of younger consumers in the [...]

NYC To Host Sustainable Beauty Summit

New York City will be host to the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in March, where industry moguls including Aveda founder and a Burt’s Bees exec will speak about the business of beauty, environmental awareness and conscious capitalism. Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients Founder Horst Rechelbacher will open the Organic Monitor summit, which will also feature a talk [...]

Revive Thyself TravelerWhat: Contributing Editor Bir Ganguly takes a look at one of California and America’s first certified green hotels, a San Francisco operation with a sister hotel (Orchard Hotel) and a great holiday getaway deal.

The Dirt:On a recent trip to the west coast, I decided to check out San Francisco’s newest and ‘greenest’ hotel – the Orchard Garden Hotel. It is one of California’s first hotels built to the specifications of the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. I consider myself fairly environmentally conscious. [...]

Makeup 2.0 Superfruit-Infused Beauty

The latest innovations in the makeup world involve a back-to-basics approach, where renowned cosmetics companies pine nature for powerful plants and fruits, some with natural pigments. Among those companies are Tarte, Aveda and Liz Earle. What all these products have in a common is the ability to do what makeup originally intended—enhance your natural beauty, [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News September 15

NY Fashion Week reflected a growing “green” consciousness from designs using biodegradable fabrics, recycled threads and organic materials, to the steel bottles of tap water provided by Aveda at several Bryant Park shows. The debate remains, however, whether sustainability in fashion is a lasting movement or merely a trend, Reuters reports. The key to making [...]